Undersea rail tunnel aims to transform Helsinki and Tallinn into one metropolitan area

Currently linked only by ferry, the project aims to bring Helsinki and Tallinn together into a single metropolitan area.

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[Silveirias]

I’m sceptical, but hope they will succeed. The talk about Chinese investment around this project worries me, though.

[raycrou]

I'm all for the tunnel but not the Dubai style buildings on artificial islands. That's disgusting. 🤮🤢rather further develop Tallinn and Helsinki with green wooden districts

[staropramen]

The project itself is good and a lot of people forget that this is pretty much a part of the broader Rail Baltica which connects Germany and Poland to the Baltic states, as well as Finland if this becomes reality.

But there is the obvious issue which is funding. I don't think the Finns wants to be dependent on the Chinese if they end up owning something like 50% of this extremely important infrastructure. EU funding this would be the best option for us, but how willing would they be to pay for this mega project at the corner of Europe?

[HungarianParagon]

"FinEst"
My blood is boiling.

[shway]

isnt this the guy who said he was going to build a hyperloop? "entrepreneurs" "islands" "plasma drilling" "privately funded" sounds like bs. should interview someone who is not tied to this project so we get a more objective viewpoint

[dionzeka]

I’m pretty sure the channel tunnel was a private venture too? Don’t know why he brought that up as a reason why it would be done faster than it

[CrystalClearWithBE]

It'll be too expensive to build a tunnel under the Gulf of Finland between Helsinki and Tallinn. I'm pretty sure it'll be too hard to make that happen in the future since the Gulf of Finland has a tendancy to freeze over.

[madenaraputra]

List of the longest of high speed railway tunnel building project status
1. Very Bad / worst (0 km - 10 km)
2. Bad (11 - 20 km)
3. Poor (21 - 40 km)
4. Average (41 - 60 km)
5. Good (61 - 140 km)
6. Very good (141 - 300 km)
7. Excellent (+ 300 km)

Source:
1. International Railway Summit 2022
2. International of Rail Transport Committee (CIT) 2021
3. International Union of Railways 2022
4. Asia Pacific Rail 2020
5. International Railway Safety Council 2022

[ЕгорЛазарев-ив]

Even a tunnel under the La Mansh is economically questionable.

[robertborycki]

Next they can build tunnel to Stockholm.that will be great

[madeyuliani]

List of the longest of high speed railway tunnel building project status
1. Very Bad / worst (0 km - 10 km)
2. Bad (11 - 30 km)
3. Poor (31 - 40 km)
4. Average (41 - 60 km)
5. Good (61 - 140 km)
6. Very good (141 - 350 km)
7. Excellent (+ 350 km)

[mariuszfurman]

Tallinn less than a half of million, Helsinki (area) less than 1.5 million. No, it won't fly. Islands? Forget. Four years? Next joke, please.
You may try slow moving cargo train but even this may not be economically sound.

[toyotaprius]

Far less Ridiculous than Boris's bridge/tunnel